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  2. Posts tagged: series a

Setting The Right Valuation For A Competitive Series A Round | TechCrunch

Aug

2

2015

Founders are often puzzled by how VCs derive valuations for competitive Series A rounds. A competitive Series A round is an equity round where a company generally raises greater than $5 million led by a top-quartile venture capital firm. During these Series A rounds, it is not uncommon for founders to receive multiple term sheets from lead investors at different ...
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Fundraising · Valuation

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How do the sample Series Seed financing documents differ from typical Series A financing documents?

Sep

26

2011

After the recent announcement of the Series Seed Financing documents by Marc Andreesen, Brad Feld points out that there are now four sets of “open source” equity seed financing documents: TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents (by Cooley) Y Combinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents (by WSGR) Founders Institute Plain Preferred Term Sheet (by WSGR – disclaimer, I represent the Founders Institute and was involved ...
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Funding Documents · Preferred Stock

preferred stock · seed funding · series a

Series Seed Financing Documents

Sep

26

2011

…. I think this quote accurately captures the life-cycle of creating a simple set of documents for early stage investment. I’ve attached version 2.0 of the Series Seed Documents as well as a red-line showing the changes I’ve made from the original set.  If you peruse the red-line, you will see that there are not ...
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Funding Documents · Preferred Stock

preferred stock · seed funding · series a

Series AA Equity Financing Documents

Sep

26

2011

Y Combinator and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati are happy to announce the Series AA Equity Financing Documents. Their goal is to make angel funding rounds for startups easier for both sides. These documents were originally created for YC-funded startups to use when raising angel rounds. They seem to have worked well in trial runs ...
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Funding Documents · Preferred Stock

preferred stock · seed funding · series a

Series AA Equity Financing Documents — Y Combinator

Sep

4

2008

Y Combinator and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati are happy to announce the Series AA Equity Financing Documents. Their goal is to make angel funding rounds for startups easier for both sides. These documents were originally created for YC-funded startups to use when raising angel rounds. They seem to have worked well in trial runs ...
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